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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798" Lines 1-50.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) The positive memories created for others.
(b) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(c) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(d) Gestures of love and respect from others.

2. What are "copses" (line 14)?
(a) Stands of trees and brush.
(b) The decayed remains of buildings.
(c) Shallow dips in the landscape.
(d) Spots of contrasting color.

3. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(b) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.
(c) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(d) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.

4. Which is the best definition of "sportive" in the context of line 16?
(a) Ungovernable, unmanageable.
(b) Of or related to sports.
(c) Competitive to the point of aggression.
(d) Carried away by playful emotion.

5. Which is the best interpretation of lines 30-31, "And passing even into my purer mind/ With tranquil restoration"?
(a) The memories made the speaker feel calm and refreshed.
(b) Only when the speaker was quiet and still could he perfectly remember the landscape.
(c) The speaker was often distracted by boredom and negative thoughts.
(d) The speaker made a conscious effort to focus on the memories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of image opens the poem?

2. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

3. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?

4. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

5. What does the speaker mean when he says he was "'mid the din/ Of towns and cities" (lines 26-27)?

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